Tesla stock has made impressive gains over the past month -- it has demonstrated that it can make a profit, and it's offered a new financial scheme for buys, to lease the Model S for those that might not have the means to afford the steep price-tag. That said, the recent performance also feels fueled by some hype. Tesla still has a long ways to go before becoming the going concern it needs to be. ... Over the long term, there may be potential, but this recent uptick feels a bit overdone.

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Autoinsider that wont happen for awhile maybe a couple years. Tesla is selling and they will be selling cars for a profit for years to come. By then infrastructure and lower priced cars will be in placed to be available to the general population. Tesla is playing this perfectly they are selling high end cars to people who can afford a second car and by then infrastructure will be in placed and demand for electric cars will go up. Tesla has earned themselves a spot in the car industry and i don't see any reason for them to disappear especially sense technology could heavily aid them with better batteries and a recharge time of less then 10 minutes.

"Tesla stock has made impressive gains over the past month...feels fueled by some hype. Tesla still has a long ways to go before becoming the going concern it needs to be...this recent uptick feels a bit overdone"

So FreePoetInvestor said that "just last week"?! Ewwwwwww....forbidding indeed! LOL

PS this offers absolutely zero evidence, analysis, or even a whiff if a scent of a case, as to how/why Telsa will lag the market. Seems they are heading the other direction, no? The article reads more like an op-ed

I agree, tesla is going to pull back some, people are just getting too excited now. In addition, the model s will only continue having strong sales for maybe 2 or 3 more years. I am sure tesla knows this. In that time tesla should have gen iii ready, which is a completely different conversation.

The model s does not need to be a big seller for long, just long enough to accomplish all the things tesla needs it for. Also in the pipeline is some very exciting battery technology. It's funny, people talk about how difficult li-ion is and criticize tesla for it. Tesla has made it work, and as soon as the next battery is ready it can be quickly designed into future tesla cars.

Gosh a stock that has been on fire is due for a pullback? How strange, how odd, how now brown cow?

As far as the 2 stars goes, everyone knows the fool is mostly made up of guys who still use rotary phones. Anything newfangled or whipper-snapperish (Midas Musk) is considered bad. Want evidence, look at Tsla up over 100% from ipo up 85% since October, and up 35% in the last month. Lnkd, another hated stock here at the fool, basically a triple since the ipo. In other words when it comes to new stuff the fools patrons are not too reliable.